Overview
- A Deezer–Ipsos blind test of 9,000 people across eight countries found that 97% failed to identify the human-made song among AI-generated clips.
- Most listeners reported discomfort with their inability to tell the difference and roughly 80% want AI-generated music clearly labeled on platforms.
- Deezer says more than 50,000 fully AI-generated songs are uploaded to its service each day, accounting for about one-third of new submissions.
- Deezer reports it systematically labels fully AI tracks, uses detection to remove them from algorithmic recommendations, and excludes fake streams from royalty payments.
- Industry responses include Spotify promoting a voluntary AI-disclosure code and Universal Music Group settling a case with Udio ahead of a planned licensed AI music platform, as AI-made “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust topped Billboard’s digital country sales chart.